Christine is back today and she's talking baby food. We get asked quite often for more baby food recipes. So, Christine is here to share her healthy and pretty gourmet {if I do say so myself} recipes with us...THANKS CHRISTINE!

Have fun trying
these recipes and experiment with the amounts of ingredients. If at first it
seems that baby isn’t crazy about a new food, it might be texture instead of
taste. I’ve found that adding just a tiny bit of organic cinnamon and organic
vanilla bean goes a long way to improve the taste of new foods for baby.
Cinnamon also helps with digestion!

Below is a list of
combinations that I love to make for my little munchkin. They’re full of flavor
and offer a palatable texture that is easy for baby to swallow if they’re yet
to sprout teeth. Here’s the directions:

1. Choose a
combination of ingredients

2. Wash produce
and dry

3. To make:

steam
veggies. A basket steamer or specialized stainless steel steamer pot is ideal
because cooking time is very short ensuring nutrients are not lost in the
cooking process. Save aside any water that remains.

peel
skins from produce, setting aside.*

place
all produce into a Vitamix (or heavy duty mixer), go through your variable
speed slowly and then blend well on high for about 30 seconds to a minute.

If
water remains, you’ll want to add into the Vitamix or blender slowly until
desired texture is reached. Breast milk and formula can be used as a
replacement for water.

The following
recipes contain organic nut milks, vegetables, fruits, herbs, nuts and seeds.
They are cow dairy-free and gluten-free.

SAVORY

3 Sweet potatoes

½ avocado (does not need to be steamed)

3 sage leaves or ½ tsp sage powder

1 tbsp coconut oil

1 tbsp chia powder

RIOJA RISE

3 beets

2 sweet potatoes

½ cup cherries

1 tbsp coconut oil

1 tbsp hemp meal

dash or two cinnamon

1-3 tsp vanilla

MILAN'S CURRENT FAVE BREAKFAST

3 sweet potatoes

1 rutabega

handful of tot soi

1 wedge of
blood orange (optional)

dash of cinnamon

1 egg yolk

1-2 tsp vanilla

¼ cup unsweetened
organic almond milk

GO GREENERY

5 handfuls of choppedkale

1 cup trimmed green bean

1 green apple

¼ cup basil

squeeze of lemon

BETA CAROTENE

(great for babies over one year old- make as a puree if baby is younger by reducing liquid)

1 cup pumpkin chopped, ½ cup if using pre-pureed

⅛ cup pineapple chunks

⅛ cup carrot chunks

dash of cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup unsweetened hemp or coconut milk

Remember:

organic produce, herbs, milks, nuts, eggs (well everything) for
baby.

washed. Try a
fruit andveggie wash to soak produce in at least five to ten minutes before
using. I keep a produce scrubby brush for tougher skin like citrus.

wash
the skin of all produce whether you intend to eat or use the skin. Skins
can carry extremely unhealthy bacteria. When left unwashed, this bacteria can
be easy to transfer to the parts of the produce you will be using.

suitable for babies and children ages six months and up. Because
beets and some leafy greens contain nitrates, although naturally occurring, I
suggest waiting until baby is seven to eight months to introduce. At that time,
the digestive system will have matured to optimally metabolize these nitrates.
If you choose to use these ingredients, be sure to use these produce items as
fast as possible. If extra food remains, it’s best to freeze for storage as
nitrate activity increases over time.

be sure to introduce foods one
at a time before combining. This process is one of the easiest methods to
spot an allergy early on.

waste
not policy in our kitchen, so if I can use peels or skins in another dish I
do. I often use skins and peels in my soup stock. The Vitamix does an excellent
job decimating skins and peels so they’re easy to manage.

Never
mix honey into baby food as
it can cause botulism. If you’d like to flavor baby’s food, try cinnamon or
vanilla.

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